Harmony West Des Moines, a 120-bed nursing home in central Iowa, was formerly known as Promedica Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and Manor Care of West Des Moines. (Photo courtesy of the Polk County Assessor's Office)
The former administrator of a central Iowa nursing home accused of retaliating against whistleblowers is now facing potential sanctions from a state licensing board.
Sammarra Smith, 55, is charged by the Iowa Board of Nursing Home Administrators with violating an unspecified regulation or law in Iowa or in some other state.
The board has not disclosed any information on the nature of the alleged violation, or where or when it occurred, other than to state that it took place while Smith was employed at an unspecified West Des Moines care facility while Smith was employed there as administrator.
The case was initiated by the board staff in 2023. State records show that between November 2020 and June 2023 Smith was working at the Harmony West Des Moines nursing home – also known then as ManorCare Health Services and Promedica — as the facility’s administrator.
State inspection reports from that time indicate the home was cited for numerous violations.
In February 2023, state inspectors visited the home to investigate a backlog of 23 complaints, and cited the home for 20 state and federal violations. One of the issues related to a resident who died after being sent to the emergency room with an anal fissure and gangrene that the home allegedly failed...
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